Invasive fungal infections in pediatric heart transplant recipients: Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 465-469

  Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^a   Webber, Steven ^b   Naftel, David C ^c   Chrisant, Mary Anne ^b   Kaufman, Beth ^a   Pearce, F B ^c   Spicer, Robert ^d   Dipchand, Anne I ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

aspergillosis; candidiasis; fungal; heart transplantation; infection; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOSES; PEDIATRICS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960606961     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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